Full text of "This is Florida Presbyterian College, 1961-1962"

"The object of the college
is the intellecttcal and spir-
itual life. Its life and disci-
pline are meant to be a
process of preparation, not
a process of information.
By the intellectual and
spiritual life I mean the
life which enables the mind
to comprehend and make
proper use of the modern
world and all its oppor-
tunities."

Woodrow Wilson

Table of Contents

Aims 4

Ways 1 1

Means 21

General Infornnation 34

Courses of Instruction

Interdisciplinary Courses 51

The Division of Humanities 5 1

The Division of History and

the Social Sciences 57

The Division of Mathematics

and the Natural Sciences 65

BULLETIN OF FLORIDA PRESBYTERIAN COLLEGE

Vol. II, No.. 9 October, 1960. Published Monthly.

St. Petersburg, Florida. Second Class Postage paid at St. Petersburg, Florida.

This issue of the Bulletin of Florida Presbyterian College contains general information
about the College. For more detailed information write to the Director of Admissions.

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This is

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... a new adventure
in Education . . .

A Four-Year, Coeducational
Liberal-Arts College

1961 - 1962

This is a

presentation of

Florida Presbyterian College

in St. Petersburg,

Florida .

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states

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"to impart to her students,
against a background of
Christian faith, a knowl-
edge of men, the universe
in which they live, the re-
lationship between the two,
and the relationship of
both to the Creator and
Redeemer."

Leadership for Life

This booklet presents the aims, ways, and
means of Florida Presbyterian College. It spells
out a program designed to express our phi-
losophy and to achieve our aims.

Our basic task at this College is to prepare
leaders for every aspect of life.

Of the two fundamentals to the fulfillment
of this task, one is education of high academic
quality. This means a curriculum offering our
students opportunities to pursue their quest for
truth in an orderly way. This means a curricu-
lum in which we see knowledge as a unity,
requiring nothing irrelevant to the basic quest
and allowing freedom to explore the ways to-
ward understanding, free from the shackles of
prejudice, intolerance, or coercion. This means
a faculty outstanding in character and scholar-
ship, skilled in communication, and intensely
devoted to each individual student in his quest.

This means a library, laboratories, lecture
halls, study aids adequate to serve the needs of
the academic community in its learning. Florida
Presbyterian College offers all of these.

The other fundamental is a concern for
character. Leaders need to know how to do the
work to which they commit themselves. They
must also have proper motivation. Love of
God, concern for others, understanding, loyalty,
honor, responsibility are active virtues without
which we may be led to our own destruction.
Its charter guides and challenges Florida Pres-
byterian College as a church college to prepare
good leaders. Our faculty and staff, curriculum
and campus life all point to man's highest and
best.

I invite young people, their parents, coun-
selors, and our friends to consider seriously the
program illustrated herein and welcome any
qualified student to life in our community.

William Howard Kadel
President

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To Open Horizons

Liberal arts, so called because their study
liberates men and fits them for a place in a
free society, means opened horizons. The cen-
tral concern of Florida Presbyterian College is
to lead her students to deeper insight, compre-
hension, and understanding of men, of our
universe, and of the relations between the two.
Through superior students, experimentation,
and Christian community, Florida Presbyterian
College plants in her students a desire for
knowledge and a love of wisdom and invites
them to the satisfactions which the persistent
pursuit of such ideals may afford.

Superior Students

To such an end, Florida Presbyterian College
actively seeks superior students. Trusting that
our leaders in days to come are the superior
students of today, Florida Presbyterian College
trains them to be good leaders and to seek and
to assume leadership. Certain kinds of curricu-
lum and methods of teaching are possible and
appropriate only with superior students. Excel-
lent opportunities now exist for college education
for average and below-average students, but
outstanding students have only limited oppor-
tunities. While Florida Presbyterian College
spells out few rigid entrance requirements, it ex-
pects of her prospective students considerable
attainment in academic subjects. In addition to
scholarly achievement, students should display
unusual breadth of interest and excellence of
character conducive to the orderly transition
from secondary school to college. Such young
men and women must be eager to learn, to grow
physically, intellectually, and spiritually. Above
all, they must be ready to accept much of the
responsibility for their own learning.

Florida Presbyterian College exists to prove
to the world that the minimum or average
need not be the norm in education (or think-
ing) and to test the proposition that education
can be both liberal and Christian. It adopts
experimental attitudes in attempting to reach
its goals through unique but carefully consid-
ered means. Some we have already adopted, like
the four-year program of common courses de-
signed to foster community; some we do not
yet know but are willing to consider and try.

Thus we are engaged in living research in higher
education, not merely in developing something
we already have. The general direction of our
research is to discover how students can most
skilfully learn to make evaluations. Description
and analysis are not sufficient, we believe, for
moral education. They cannot be dispensed with:
they are necessary in the search for truth. But
the search for truth cannot stop with them.
Truth requires judgment and choice based upon
moral presuppositions. The formulation of stand-
ards of judgment as a conscious intellectual
activity and the habitual judgment of such
standards are an indispensable part of this kind
of education. We do not presuume that Florida
Presbyterian College is the first college to assume
the necessity of a moral end of education, but
we are experimental in trying to find out how
best such an end can be realized.

A Christian Community

In still a third way we are probably more
experimental than in any other: we are trying to
find out what a Christian college is! Those who
have studied the idea longest and hardest agree
that people in general have no clear-cut idea
of what a Christian college is or should be and
that disagreement is to be expected. Still we are
all united in believing that there should be a
college in which the presuppositions are avow-
edly Christian and that we are going to try with
all our hearts and souls and minds to find out
what it is. Truth, freedom, and Christianity
have inevitable connections whether in the
search, the heritage, or the government of a
Christian college. And we have a vision of a
Christian community which is not monastic in
separating dedicated persons from the world but
which prepares dedicated people to go back into
the world and witness through the exercise of
their intellect. This witness, we pray, will prove
to the world that a Christian education best
fits people for life, liberty, and the pursuit of
happiness for others.

President Eisenhower receives first
charter-alumnus certificate
from Dr. Kadel.

A private, coeducational, liberal-arts college,
founded and maintained by the Presbyterian
Churches — both U. S. and U. P. U. S. A. acting
co-operatively — Florida Presbyterian College
acknowledges as primary in the search for truth
a knowledge of God and of ourselves as revealed
in Jesus Christ. The College examines and nur-
tures beliefs and attitudes central to Christian
interpretations of man and recognizes faith as
a probing and vitalizing force. Dedicated to the
inspiration of a strong sense of Christian obliga-
tion for involvement and leadership in local
and global events, the College is equally dedi-
cated to the proposition that its doors are open
to qualified students of all faiths.

Motivation

Florida Presbyterian College thus has a deep concern
for her students. She seeks to stimulate growth — the stu-
dent's realization of individual potential — and encourages
individual attainment. With the fundamental aim of the
college community to make students aware of the serious-
ness of their vocation, students, throughout their under-
graduate careers, exercise their powers of decision on the
basis of informed and thoughtful judgment consciously
pursued.

Learning Is Persctinl

Florida Presbyterian College stands for unified aca-
demic community in which each member's recognition
and security depends on his freedom to pursue scholarship
and to associate with others. Here learning is personal and
widely varied because of the realization that knowledge
comes from others of differing as well as similar back-
grounds and pursuits. Thus we employ both conventional
and unconventional methods in the search for truth to
provide insights and skills which train and excite our
students' intellects and emotions for creative and imagina-
tive expression.

In guiding our students' development, we afford them
innumerable opportunities to learn emotional indepen-
dence, the necessity for individual questioning, and the
exercise of their right and duty of personal judgment.
Thus, Florida Presbyterian College cherishes freedom of
thought. For her entire academic community — students,
faculty, staff — she insists upon respect for human dignity
and individual moral responsibility supported by the belief
that humanity was created for one great co-operation. And

thus also the college confronts students with the conflicts
of cultures, affording them an opportunity to intensify
their own search for meaningful and applicable values in
order to arrive at new and broader understandings of
themselves and their studies in relation to culture, creation,
and the ultimate.

Prospective students, regardless of major field of study
and plans beyond the undergraduate years, will find in
Florida Presbyterian College educational experiences basic
to lasting satisfaction, personal integration, and social use-
fulness. The program of liberal arts, complete in itself,
is eminently practical, regardless of a student's intended
vocation or avocation. In addition, the college provides
specific preprofessional training for the ministry, medi-
cine, law, education, business, and graduate work in special-
ized fields.

In short, Florida Presbyterian College aims to provide
life-long attitudes of always seeking deeper, fuller com-
prehension, of always seeking the whole view, of always
following courses of action to extend capabilities and
responsibilities for personal and corporate betterment.

Ways

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Founded In the tradition of the great American Uberal-arts schools, Florida
Presbyterian College has been singularly blessed from its beginning. The
founders, trustees, staff, and faculty have together pursued a policy of experi-
mentation. This policy has been not to cast out what has proved successful in
education of the highest quality but rather with a fresh start to develop and
adopt new approaches, programs, facilities, and procedures. Already the cur-
riculum and the permanent campus, planned by architects and educators
working together, have captured widespread attention and enthusiasm among
those concerned with meeting the vastly increasing demands for higher educa-
tion in the United States for superior students.

To carry out a college program of the first order efficiently and at a
minimum cost, students themselves undertake independent learning during their
four years. The program generates independence of thinking and study to pro-
duce fuller understanding, to inspire personal initiative, and to develop welcome
acceptance of responsibility. The entire program emphasizes independent study,
under faculty guidance and review, and develops and maintains individual
responsibility through specific means.

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To promote a community of learners and to demonstrate the interrelated-
ness of knowledge, Florida Presbyterian College asks every student to take at
least one course which all students in his year are taking. In the f jrst two years,
it is the course called Western Civilization and Its Christian Fieritage, an

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interdisciplinary course taught co-operatively by professors from art, biology,
history, literature, language, mathematics, music, philosophy, physics, psy-
chology, religion, and sociology. In it students pursue with the group and on
their own a critical understanding of the major attempts of man to interpret
his purpose and to organize his experience through the analytic and historical
study of works and institutions. In the third year, the common course centers
around great works in the humanities, and in the fourth it is The Christian
Faith and Great Issues.

Junior General Seminar

During his junior year, every student takes a seminar in a subject outside
of his major field. In it he pursues special topics of investigation on his own and
learns the questions, modes of investigation, and kinds of information relevant
to a subject other than his specialty. Since the other members of the junior
seminar are nonspecialists too, students learn from one another and work co-
operatively on problems agreed to in advance.

During his senior year, every student
takes a seminar in his major field. Upon
recommendation of their major professor,
seniors may elect to pursue an independent
program of study and research in addition
to or in lieu of the senior seminar. They
present the results of their work in a thesis.

The Midwinter Semester is a special four-week period of independent
study for all undergraduates. It comes between the fall semester, which begins
early in September, and the spring semester, which begins early in February.
With examinations for the fall semester over before the Christmas holidays,'
January is free for intensive study. Designed to develop the qualities of self-
discipline in pursuits requiring the student to be the prime explorer, the Mid-
winter Semester asks him to work without the customary routine of classroom
and lecture hall on a single problem growing out of his other studies and to
present his findings in final form. With guidance he chooses and limits his
subject, gathers material, organizes it, and presents it as a paper, a short story,
a painting, a piece of laboratory apparatus. During his freshman and sophomore
years, a student chooses a topic of investigation growing out of one of his fall-
semester courses, usually the interdisciplinary course. In his junior year the
independent research grows out of the junior seminar. During his senior year,
a student devotes the Midwinter Semester to preparation for the comprehensive
examination in his major field of study or to research for his senior thesis.
During this special semester, each professor directs the activities of about fifteen
students. A student selects a professor to work under; sometimes the group
works co-operatively on topics or problems announced in advance, and some-
times they work separately. Throughout the four weeks, the professor is available
for consultation and guidance. This intensive, independent study supplements
the extensive work of the courses and thus affords unusual opportunity for
the student each of his four years to engage in extended, creative work not
normally afforded in traditional undergraduate curriculums. Through the
Midwinter Semester at Forida Presbyterian College, the student not only works
on his own to master a limited subject but may have the benefit of step-by-step
evaluation of his work.

Independent Study

Proficiency rather than fulfillment of course requirements is the measure
of accomplishment and admission to advanced studies. In many areas, students
can work independently, preparing themselves for advanced standing, doing
research, and writing papers, and receive recognition for their work without
attending lectures or classes. Hence a student may accelerate his education
during the regular school year and the summer months at home according to
his capabilities and secure the full recognition for work done independently
which course credit normally certifies.

'lasses

Florida Presbyterian College has no middle-sized classes. They are either
large enough to encourage independent work and the exchange of ideas within
the whole community or small enough to permit discussions in which learners
(that is, both teacher and students) explore, debate, and form conclusions
together. Both large and small groups place increasing responsibility on the
student and give him two different kinds of experience in learning. The large
general courses (like Western Civilization and its Christian Heritage) contribute
to the idea of community by assembling all students of a given year for lectures,
panels, demonstrations, movies, and concerts and by providing small groups
where students test their personal reactions against those of their fellows in a
free forum.

In the Language Laboratory

A primary objective of studying a modern foreign
language is learning to speak and understand the
spoken language. The language laboratory facilitates
this aspect of learning through aural-oral practice
that the conventional classroom does not provide.
The thirty-five position laboratory at Florida Pres-
byterian College is of the newest design. It operates
by remote control so that the student can work
independently or as a member of a class. By merely
dialing an appropriate number, the student can hear
an instructional tape, record his own responses, and
play it back for comparison and corrections. As many
as a hundred different tapes are available to the
student at any time.

In the Reading Laboratory

The breaking of old and disruptive reading habits
and the establishment of new ones are usually neces-
sary for effective study. Hence, developmental read-_
ing courses are an established part of the college's
program. Any student has the opportunity to improve
his reading through expert instruction and the use
of a modern reading laboratory equipped with
ratepacers, tachistoscopes, and projectors.

The William Luther Cobb Library

Because the liberal-arts college must be a reading
college, the library is the center of the academic
program. The William Luther Cobb Library of
Florida Presbyterian College has for its initial goal
100,000 volumes. It now has 15,000 volumes and
more than 2 50 periodicals shelved on open stacks.
Libraries located in each dormitory permit easy
access to many books. With all students committed
to independent study and individual investigation,
these arrangements permit each to pursue his subject
in depth and in its relationship to other fields.

The library not only supplies materials for refer-
ence, required reading, and research papers but
compiles bibliographies, prepares exhibits, and pro- "
motes interest in reading.

A student in the natural sciences has opportunity to undertake actual
laboratory practice and research. Manual exercises and routine experiments
(which are not experiments at all but repetitions) are minimized. Emphasis
is rather on the student's acquiring the ability to distinguish theory and
experimentation, exploring the appropriateness of methods, and evaluating
design and techniques. The small laboratory becomes the place for group
discussion and provides occasion for exchange of ideas and procedures among
students.

The practice of art and of music flourishes in the studios of Florida
Presbyterian College. Here students may receive professional guidance indi-
vidually or in groups of various sizes, or they may pursue independently the
mastery of techniques. In the art studio a student works in many media. In
the music studio he may study voice or the instrument of his choice. Small
vocal and instrumental ensembles read their abundant literature throughout
the year, and larger, more formal musical organizations rehearse regularly
and present concerts both on and off the campus. As a result of their studio
work, students periodically offer exhibits of their paintings, prints, and
sculptures and recitals to the College community and friends. In its emphasis
upon the activities of the studios the College encourages its students' personal
involvement with the materials of the creative and performing arts.

Degrees

Florida Presbyterian College awards the degrees of Bachelor of Arts
and Bachelor of Science to all who successfully pass the comprehensive
examinations in general courses and a major field.

Majors

A student must satisfactorily complete work in a major subject and
will receive credit towards graduation for not more than twelve courses in
the major field of concentration.

Majors are offered in:

Mathematics and the Natural Sciences

Mathematics

Chemistry

Biology

Physics

Humanities

Art

Languages

Literature

French

Latin

Music

German

Russian

Philosophy

Greek

Spanish

Religion

History and the Social

Sciences

History

Politics

1 Science

Psychology

Sociology

Economics and Business Administration

Courses in Education leading to a teaching certificate at the secondary
level are offered.

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FRESHMAN

SOPHOMORE

JUNIOR

Western Civilization &•
its Christian Heritage

Language

Mathematics

Science

Physical
Education

Midwinter Semester: Independent study and research

Western Civilization &■■
its Christian Heritage

Language

Mathematics

Science

Physical
Education

Western Civilization ^
its Christian Heritage

Language

Social
Science
Elective

Elective Elective

Physical
Education

Midwinter Semester: Independent study and research

Western Civilization &•
its Christian Heritage

Language

Social
Science
Elective

Elective

Physical
Education

Junior General
Seminar

World
Literature

Elective

Ma]or Program
(two courses)

Midwinter Semester: Independent stiiJy and research

Junior General
Seminar

World
Literature

Elective

Major Program
(two courses)

Clyristian Faith
and Great Issues

Elective

Major Program
(two courses)

Midwinter Semester: I>

dependent s

tudy

and research

Christian Faith
and Great Issues

Elective

Major Program
(two courses)

Students must satisfactorily complete thirty-nine courses. They
must also have satisfactorily completed certain required courses; speak,
understand, read, and write a foreign language and be familiar with
the culture of the country to which the language is native (with a
competence normally achieved through three college years of study
or its equivalent) ; and have performed satisfactorily on comprehensive
examinations.

Grades and Their Meaning

The evaluation of academic progress at Florida Presbyterian Col-
lege rests on a student's response to educational opportunity rather than
on the fulfillment of an arbitrary set of course requirements. Our
standards emphasize quality rather than quantity, and our rewards
and awards are for outstanding and creative work. To emphasize the
greater importance of intellectual achievement than of grades, Florida
Presbyterian College uses grades only for advisory purposes and for
the transfer of credit to other institutions. In advising students, we
use the grades of H (honors), S (satisfactory), and U (unsatisfactory).

Means

Campus Life

Florida Presbyterian College provides a resi-
dential student life, most of its undergraduates
living on campus. The young men and women
in residence learn from their friends and associ-
ates, acquire understanding, leadership, and
tolerance, and practice free, democratic choice
of action. Our day students participate in all
campus functions in every way possible. All
students become involved in and identified with
the academic community as a whole.

Student government is an important part
of campus life at the College. Collective action
by undergraduates in self-government is vital
to the College program. Basic thereto is the
Honor System, enforced by the students them-
selves. All student activity, academic and social,
presupposes it. Predicated on Christian values,
in its practice it contributes to the development
of emerging, mature human beings. The College
encourages a full, satisfying, and meaningful
campus life involving all students, and they
organize and conduct social functions, publica-
tions, intramural sports, organizations, and
special events like concerts.

Counseliri'^

Each student meets a faculty adviser during the summer Pre-
college Conference. The day before the opening of Fall Semester,
the adviser prepares his students for the college program. He schedules
periodic conferences during the year with each student and is avail-
able for additional meetings upon request. Faculty advisers form an
integral part of the counseling program, and through his adviser
every student has access to every special program and assistance likely
to make college life meaningful and enjoyable.

The College compiles much information concerning students
during the course of admission: strengths, weaknesses, interests, apti-
tudes, and the like. The Director of Counseling uses such information
in choosing the most appropriate adviser for each student. He gives
both the adviser and the resident counselor relevant information.
Thus rather than being merely one of the herd, each student is a
distinct person with his individual problems and potentialities.

Through the resident counselor, faculty adviser, or any faculty
or staff member or through his own efforts, a student may seek and
learn ways to get additional assistance for making the most of his
college experience. A professional counseling service is available on
a confidential basis to students with personal problems. And a voca-
tional-guidance program assists students in academic and vocational
planning.

Rp.adin^. Writing, and Study Habits

The Counseling Service and the EngUsh Staff pro-
vide special services in developing effective reading
and writing and study habits. The PrecoUege Confer-
ences usually uncover any special need. The College
provides a full-time staff member responsible for these
programs to help students in writing English.

Religious Life

The religious program of Florida Presbyterian Col-
lege is ecumenical, organized as the Student Christian
Association (SCA). Its mission is to focus the Christian
faith in the academic community. To this end, the SCA
constantly strives toward the following:

a persistent, prayerful search for the meaning of the

Christian faith;
a conscious effort to discern God's purpose for each

person especially as it relates to his vocation;
a fellowship of the academic community joined in

common worship and the search for truth;
a continuous appraisal of the community to help
keep the Christian faith central in our search for
truth;
a conscious concern for the life and mission of the
Ecumenical Church and encouragement of re-
sponsible participation in its members.
The basis for the program is worship. Being within the
Protestant tradition, all aspects of our program are
voluntary. The Chaplain and Choir conduct a worship
service for the community on Thursdays. The worship
committee of the SCA conducts evening prayers three
times a week. Through designing and conducting wor-
ship, students have the opportunity of understanding
better the meaning of worship. After Evening Prayer
on Sunday, the SCA conducts its general program of
the week. During the week, the SCA sponsors small
study groups. Faculty members conduct general discus-
sions in the dormitories. The SCA program deals with
the teachings of the Church and encompasses campus,
community, national, and International problems. Stu-
dents also have an opportunity to take part in regional
and national conferences and ecumenical work camps.
The program of Florida Presbyterian College helps the
student to an intelligent and responsible Christianity
In all areas of life.
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Students have medical attention and services
throughout the academic year. A registered
nurse is on hand and a physician available at
all times on a consulting basis. Those cases that
cannot be treated in the college's own well-
equipped infirmary will be referred to either
of two excellent hospitals in the city of St.
Petersburg. One of these hospitals is only eight
blocks from the interim campus. All students
have adequate health and accident insurance.

The campus bookstore sells books and other
materials required for undergraduate study. It
contains new and used texts, a wide selection
of exciting books, phonograph records, prints,
and supplies. Students have a voice in the choice
of its stock.

Sports for All

In addition to the required physical educa-
tion for freshmen and sophomores, an integral
part of the curriculum, the College conducts
an intensive program in intramural sports of
all kinds for both men and women, with empha-
sis on such water sports as swimming, boating,
sailing, water skiing, and skin diving. A pro-
gram of intercollegiate athletics will be in effect
for most sports by the fourth year. There will
be no subsidized athletics at Florida Presbyterian
College.

The College undertakes an annual program
of concerts and lectures. This extracurricular
program affords undergraduates, faculty, and
residents of this area presentations by outstand-
ing musicians and leading figures in the arts,
literature, politics, science, national and inter-
national affairs.

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In admitting students, this college considers past academic
performance (particularly in academic courses like mathematics,
science, and language), achievement on examinations, and such
personal qualifications as character, range of interest, poise, ma-
turity, and personal development. It emphasizes the student's
ability to profit from and contribute to the learning community.
Anyone deemed undesirable because of his conduct and character
may be refused admission or, as a student, may be requested to
withdraw from the college at any time.

Procedure

This is the admissions procedure:

a. AppHcants must arrange to take College Entrance Examination Board
tests.

b. Early in his senior year in high school, a candidate should write to the
Director of Admissions, Florida Presbyterian College, for an application form
and a transcript form. A formal application for admission, along with an
application fee of $10.00, should be completed and returned to the Admissions
Director. (This fee is not refundable.) The applicant should request the prin-
cipal of the high school from which he is to be graduated to send a transcript
of his record to the Admissions Director of Florida Presbyterian College.

c. The candidate should ask the College Entrance Examination Board to
send his scores on the Scholastic Aptitude (Morning) Test and (when possible)
the English Composition Achievement Test to the Director of Admissions of
the College.

Florida Presbyterian College requires all candidates for admission to take
the Scholastic Aptitude (Morning) Test of the College Entrance Examination
Board. It also highly recommends, but does not require, that applicants take
the following (afternoon) Achievement Tests: English Composition, Inter-
mediate Mathematics, and one other selected from twelve choices at no additional
cost. Testing centers throughout the country give these at specified times. At
least six weeks before the date of the test, the candidate should apply directly
to College Entrance Examination Board, Box 592, Princeton, New Jersey. The
Board sends an information booklet giving full details about testing centers
and the tests available but will mail the test results directly to the colleges
designated by the applicant.

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The applicant for admission to the Freshman class must
have completed the graduation requirements and demonstrated
academic competence in a high school or preparatory school
accredited by a state or regional accrediting agency. Even
though the academic record will not be judged primarily on
specific units of work, certain courses are strongly recom-
mended: four years of English, two and one-half years of
mathematics, two years of language, one year of history, and
one year of science.

The Admissions Office will compile complete information
on each applicant for admission, including the original request
for admission information, transcripts from the applicant's high
school or preparatory school, test scores, personal recommenda-
tions, and any other pertinent data. This file forms the basis
for first selection of candidates by the Admissions Committee
each year.

Candidates should submit a three-year transcript of their
high school or preparatory school record during the summer or
first semester of the senior year. They should also take the
Scholastic Aptitude (Morning) Test of the College Entrance
Examination Board during their junior year, preferably in
March or May, but alternatively in August or December fol-
lowing the junior year. Students also can take this test in the
senior year, and in all cases the Admissions Committee considers
the higher scores. Candidates admitted under this arrangement
must maintain a good record and successfully complete the
fourth year in high school or preparatory school. Candidates
for scholarships and students not admitted under this arrange-
mient should retake the test in the senior year. Other candidates
may wish to submit an application, and Scholastic Aptitude
(Morning) Test scores upon the completion of seven semesters
of work or upon graduation from high school or preparatory
school.

Some students academically too advanced for further high
school, or over twenty-one years of age, may have the entrance
requirements waived. The Admissions Committee considers such
cases individually.

A student at another college or university wishing to transfer to Florida
Presbyterian College should complete the requirements for admission already
listed and submit a transcript of his college record with a catalogue and a
statement from the college of his academic standing and personal qualifications.
Full transfer credit from other institutions approved by the Regional Accred-
iting Agency in full depends upon the correspondence of the courses to those
offered at Florida Presbyterian College and the approval of the academic division
concerned. Grades below C are not acceptable for transfer.

All candidates will be required to deposit $50 with the Admissions Director
of the College upon notification of acceptance. This money, though not refund-
able, is applied to the student's tuition upon enrollment.

Upon acceptance for admission, the applicant will receive a form for a
medical examination to be completed by a physician within the three months
before college, reaching the Director of Admissions by August 20.

Each freshman attends an interesting, informative, and productive three-
day orientation conference held during the summer prior to enrollment and
has a choice of twelve sessions, spaced throughout the summer, to make attend-
ance convenient. With a limit of thirty-five students, each conference affords
ample opportunity for meeting the college staff and other students. Such
activities as preregistration, book purchase, room assignment, course counseling,
and general college orientation, not to speak of vocational guidance tests and
placement tests prepare both students and staff for the year's work. The expense
of this conference is included in the general fee. Parents may attend all or part
of this program.

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A college education of high intellectual challenge
is of lasting value and like most things of value is
costly. The only thing more costly than education is
ignorance.

Private, non-tax-supported institutions like Flor-
ida Presbyterian College make every conceivable
effort to keep the cost of education down. As a result
the student pays only about one half of the actual
bill for his own education.

The total cost of an academic year at this college
is $1,500.00. This includes room, board, fees and
tuition, but not clothes, laundry, books, travel, and
recreation. Non-resident fees total $92 5.00. Fees for
special students taking individual courses vary ac-
cording to the course.

Instruction in organ, piano, voice, and instruments
range from $2 to $3 a half -hour lesson.

Students supply their own bedding (sheets, pil-
lows, pillowcases, blankets, bedspreads) and towels
and soap.

Generally, half of the total cost minus the $50
acceptance fee, is due at entrance in September and
the rest before February. Matriculation is a contract
binding the student (and his parents) for tuition and
fees for the entire semester. Other arrangements can
be made for payment, when necessary.

Florida Presbyterian College has many different
ways to finance your education.

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Students earn scholarships on merit and receive
financial awards on need, determined by the Parents'
Confidential Financial Statement of the College
Scholarship Service. They also have the satisfaction
and security of a kind of paid-up insurance which,
in case of financial emergency at home, adjusts the
amount of the award upward. Scholarships are
granted through the Committee on Scholarships, are
renewable, and are announced each spring.

College Honor Scholarships. Eight incoming freshmen re-
ceive awards up to $1,000 upon personal interview.

College Achievement Scholarships. Six incoming freshmen
receive awards up to $500.

The Alfred A. McKethan Achievement Scholarships. Estab-
lished by Mr. Alfred A. McKethan of Brookville, Florida, six
scholarships go to students for academic achievement and
potential, character, and need and pay $500 to the College
towards tuition and fees.

The Alfred Fielding Lang and Katherinc Fagan Lang
Scholarship Fund. Established by Mr. Albert Lang of St.
Petersburg, Florida, in a gift of $200,000, scholarship grants
go to young people, preferably from the St. Petersburg area,
and pay up to half of fees and tuition on the basis of need
and evidence of promise.

The Mr. and Mrs. Bert Smith Scholarship. Established
by Mr. and Mrs. Bert Smith of St. Petersburg, Florida, this
scholarship pays up to $1,000 towards tuition and fees. The
Scholarship Committee recommends the recipient (s), with
fmal approval by the donor, on the basis of academic achieve-
ment and potential, character, breadth of interest, and need.

The Helen C. and Myron H. Gibbons Scholarship. Estab-
lished by Helen C. and Myron H. Gibbons of Tampa, Florida,
this scholarship pays $400 toward tuition for a student for
academic achievement, character, scholarly potential, and need.

The E. M. Reynolds Company, Inc. Scholarship. Estab-
lished by Mr. E. M. Reynolds of Daytona Beach, Florida, this
scholarship goes to a student for academic achievement, char-
acter, scholarly potential, and need, paying the student' up to
$2 50 toward tuition and fees.

The Miltofj Roy Sheen Memorial Scholarship. Established
by the Milton Roy Company of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania,
and St. Petersburg, Florida, this scholarship awards $500 to
the College toward the fees and tuition of the recipient.

The Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Williams, Jr. Scholarship. Estab-
lished by Mr. and Mrs. J. J. WiUiams, Jr. of Sarasota, Florida,
this scholarship goes to a student planning to enter the Pres-
byterian ministry. It assists a student's education, mainte-
nance, and support on the basis of academic achievement,
scholarly potential, character, breadth of interest, seriousness
of purpose, and need, which determines the stipend.
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The George Asha MacMillan Scholarship Fund. Established
by friends of the College desiring to remain unknown, the
Fund grants an annual award based on academic achievement
and potential, character, and need.

The Robert Hamiltons Scholarship Fund. Established by
the Women's Association of the First Presbyterian Church,
Winter Haven, Florida, the fund provides an income to help
needy students.

The Gene Samitel Cain Memorial Fund. Established by the
Senior High Fellowship of the Florida Presbytery, Presbyterian
Church of the United States, the fund provides various grants.

Partners-in-Education. Initiated through the Charter
Alumni Association and supported by members of the Associ-
ation, civic organizations, churches, and others, this program
helps students in need by paying part of the tuition and fees
to the College.

Grants in Aid. Grants in aid up to $200 a year go, upon
request, to students with parents presently engaged in a
religious vocation or to students planning a religious vocation.
If the student does not complete his training, the grant be-
comes a repayable loan.

Student-work Scholarships. Many part-time jobs are avail-
able: in dining rooms, offices, laboratories, library, bookstore,
swimming pool; they pay about $2 50 a year for a nine- to
ten-hour week. Off-campus part-time work is also available.

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Oil financial aid is

available on request

from the Director of Admission.

Loans

Student Loan Fund. Florida Presbyterian College, through
the generosity of Mrs. Lottie D. Jacobs of Orlando, Florida,
has established a fund out of which it can lend up to $400
a year without interest while the student is in school. For the
five years immediately following the end of formal education,
interest is 4^% a year and thereafter 6% on the unpaid
balance.

National Defense Education Loan Program. Students are
eligible for loans from Federal funds on the basis of need
up to $1,000 a year to a total of $5,000. Repayment must
begin one year after school, with a maximum of ten years
allowed for completing the payments. Interest is 3 % each
year, beginning one year after the student leaves school.
Students who receive such loans and who become teachers
are excused from repaying one-tenth of their total debt each
year for a total of five if they teach in a public school.
Preference is given to students planning careers in teaching,
science, or mathematics.

General Information

Merely training the mind is not adequate education for this revolu-
tionary age. An institution of higher learning has an equally important
obligation to stimulate the conscience and imbue its students with the very
highest moral standards.

Here at Florida Presbyterian College you have an uncommon chal-
lenge to develop an educational institution which will blaze new trails in
the education of whole men and women."

May God bless you and your labors.

Hon. Leroy Collins
Governor of Florida
Convocation Address
Florida Presbyterian College
September 3, 1960

Governor Le Roy Collins

Second Charter Alumnus
Florida Presbyterian College

The editor of a national magazine recently wrote

"The birth of Florida Presbyterian College is good news
— good for Florida, good for private and church-affiliated
higher education, and a tonic for the many who seem depressed
by the difficulty of raising money, by tax or gift, in a poor-
mouthed nation which is enjoying the highest income in his-
tory." (Overview, March, 1960)

Early in 195 5, Dr. Hunter Blakely, executive director for
higher education in the Presbyterian Church, U. S. arrived in
Florida with a handful of statistics and an idea. The statistics
showed Florida to be one of the fastest growing states in the
union, with a rapidly rising percentage of college-age young
people, a growing number of whom were leaving the state to
continue their education. Florida was one of the few states in
the nation without a Presbyterian college. The idea, which he
outlined to six interested ministers, was to build just such a

college.

Almost simultaneously, a similar group from UP-USA
Presbytery was meeting in Winter Haven, and coming to the
same conclusion based on the same statistics. Two years later
the two groups decided to pool their efforts. A feasibility study
was made and approved by the two Florida synods, and on
September 1, 1958, William Howard Kadel, pastor of the First
Presbyterian Church, Orlando, and one of the original six con-
sulted by Dr. Blakely, became the first president of the new
Florida Presbyterian College.

Four months later, a twenty-five member board of trus-
tees, representing both synods, after carefully considering
twenty-eight others, selected St. Petersburg as the permanent
site of the college and drew up a charter which says, in part:
"This college [is] dedicated by Christian conviction to the
search of God's truth as revealed to mankind."

On March 19, 19 59, the Trustees named Dr. John Morgan
Bevan of Davidson the first dean of the college. Dr. Bevan and
President Kadel made a nation-wide curriculum study together
and then went to work putting together a unique curriculum
which features independent study and emphasizes the inter-
relatedness of knowledge. The selection of a faculty was com-
pleted in the spring of 1960.

The college opened officially in a borrowed store-front on
S. Main Street in Orlando with Dr. Kadel, his secretary, two

desks and enough chairs for a trustee meeting. Less than a year
later the college had moved to its interim campus at the Mari-
time School in St. Petersburg, necessary renovations began,
the staff was expanded to eighteen members, and preparations
were completed for accepting a Founding Freshman Class of
one hundred and fifty students from twenty different states.

In the fall of 1962, Florida Presbyterian College expects to
move to its permanent campus on Boca Ciega Bay, and by 196 5
it hopes to be a completed four-year liberal-arts college with
twelve hundred students. Then its founders will explore the
possibility of establishing a university system.

The drive and enthusiasm which has characterized the
rapid growth of Florida Presbyterian College from an idea to
reality in five short years has captured the imagination of the
educational world.

Dr. Gordon Sweet, executive secretary for the Southern
Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools, wrote recently:
"This college is worthy of attention. I do believe that the citi-
zens of Florida as well as the constituency in the Northern and
Southern Presbyterian Churches are building a college of high
quality in program, faculty, and facilities."

To Dr. Kadel, its energetic president, and his staff and
faculty it has been and is "a venture in faith."

OFFICERS

Philip J. Lee, Tampa, Florida
Chairman

Clem E. Bininger, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida,
Y ice-Chairman

L. Allen Morris, Coral Gables, Florida,
Treasurer

J. Leo Chapman, West Palm Beach, Fla.
Secretary

Walter D. Bach, Pensacola, Florida
Clem E. Bininger, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
J. Leo Chapman, West Palm Beach, Fla.
Ray Clements, Lakeland, Florida
W. L. Cobb, Tarpon Springs, Florida
Henry C. Coleman, Daytona Beach, Fla.
Charles Creighton, Daytona Beach, Fla.
Thomas E. David, Fiollywood, Florida
John B. Dickson, Tampa, Florida
Mrs. J. Morton Douglas, Weirsdale, Fla.
Paul M. Edris, Daytona Beach, Florida
J. Colin English Sr., Tallahassee, Florida
John L. Fahs, Leesburg, Florida
W. Wilson Garey, Scarsdale, New York
Ben Hill Griffin, Jr., Frostproof, Florida
Robert B. Hamilton, Winter Haven, Fla.
Jack G. Hand, Jacksonville, Florida
Spsssard L. Holland, Bartow, Florida
Frank M. Hubbard, Orlando, Florida
Robert M. King, St. Petersburg, Florida
Philip J. Lee, Tampa, Florida
Clyde C. Long, Ocala, Florida

D. P. McGeachy, Jr., Clearwater, Florida

Alfred A. McKethan, Brooksville, Fla.

Elwyn L. Middleton, Palm Beach, Florida

L. Allen Morris, Coral Gables, Florida

Clyde L. Myers, Coral Gables, Florida

Marion G. Nelson, Panama City, Florida

J. Wayne Reitz, Gainesville, Florida

Richard L. Scoggins, Panama City, Fla.

Robert T. Sheen, St. Petersburg, Florida

R. McDonald Smith, Jacksonville, Florida

William C. Spitzer, Miami, Florida

Garnette Stollings, St. Petersburg, Fla.

Thomas B. Swann, Winter Haven, Florida

John B. Turner, Miami, Florida

Herbert F. Underwood, Jacksonville, Fla.

Frank D. Upchurch, St. Augustine, Fla.

William W. Upham, St. Petersburg
Beach, Florida

James A. Van Fleet, Auburndale, Florida

John J. Williams, Jr., Sarasota, Florida

Ronald S. Wilson, Miami, Florida

Offices of Adminstration

William Howard Kadel, A.B., Gettysburg College

President S.T.B., Western Theological Seminary
S.T.M., Western Theological Seminary
Th.D., Union Theological Seminary
D.D., Davidson College

Emma Conboy, Administrative Secretary

John M. Bevan, A.B., Franklin & Marshall
M.A., Duke University
Ph.D., Duke University

Dean of College

Dorothy Clark, Secretary to the Dean

Marion Fogg, Secretary to Chairman,
Humanities Division

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Howard E. Anderson, A.B., Park College
Vice-President for Development

Marian Bryson, Developmetn Secretary

R. Frank Garner, B.S., University of Georgia
Director of Records

Betty Tench, Pledge Secretary

Robert N. Pierce, A.B., Arkansas State College
M.J., University of Texas
Director of Public Relations

John Maxwell, A.B., Lehigh University
Vice-President for Business Affairs

Fred M. Strieby
Comptroller

Dorothea Ashburn, Bookkeeper

Bernice Harvey, Secretary to Vice-President

for Business Affairs
Doreen Rigby, Bookkeeper

Stewart Smith, A.B., Presbyterian College
South Carolina
B.S., Peabody College
M.S., University of Illinois
Head Librarian
William F. Harrison, Jr., B.S., Emory University

Cataloguer M.A., George Peabody College

Merle Doran, B.A., Florida State University

M.A., Florida State University
Reference Librarian
Mary Jane Oliver, Secretary to Librarian
Dan Beeman, Student Assistant 39

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Creighton Peden, A.B., Davidson

M.A., Chicago Theological Seminary
Acting Chaplain

Louis M. Guenther, B.A., Southwestern College

M.A., University of Pittsburgh
Ph.D., University of Pittsburgh
Director of Admissions (i> Registrar, ivith
rank of Associate Professor
WiUiam Li. Taylor, A.B., DePauw University

Admissions Counsellor
Alice Coyle, Secretary to Director of
Admissions <i> Kezistrar

J. Thomas West, B.S., Davidson College

M.A., University of North Carolina
Ph.D., Vanderbilt University
Dean of Men (i> Director of Counseling
Eleanor Pugh, Secretary to Dean of Men
Frances Whitaker, A.B., Winthrop College

M.A., Columbia University,
Teachers College
Dean of Women, with rank of Associate Professor
Edna M. Biumenthal, B.S., University of Cincinnati
Head Residence Counselor

Elizabeth H. Mayo, R.N., Presbyterian Liospital

Registered Nurse Charlotte, North Carolina

Elizabeth Benton
John Carroll
E. P. Connette

Dr. William H. Kadel
Howard E. Anderson

Clifford J. Hutchison
Cynthia Langford
Pauline Melcher

Dr. John M. Bevan
John Maxwell

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In no other area was so much painstaking
care and concern evidenced at Florida Presby-
terian College as in the selection of its faculty
— the heartbeat of any such institution.

Regardless of status or tenure, every faculty
member finally selected combines scholarship
and teaching to an extraordinary degree.

The criteria for acceptance, as set forth by
the Board of Trustees, call for a teacher with
depth and command in his field of specialization
and a breadth of cultural background enabling
him to relate his own discipline to the totality
of experience, who demonstrates personal and
professional competence and growth through
research, publication, and professional partici-
pation; who inspires students n his respect for
his profession by his ability, his character, and
his conduct; who has the ability himself to
think creatively and objectively and to inspire
his students to do likewise; who extends himself
to his student's service, to his colleagues in co-
operation, and to his community in concern;
and finally, whose Christianity the students will
want to emulate.

Humanities Division

William Howard Kadel

A.B., Gettysburg College; S.T.B., S.T.M.,
Western Theological Seminary; Th.D., Union
Theological Seminary; D.D., Davidson College
President of the College

John M. Bevan

A.B., Franklin & Marshall; M.A., Ph.D.,
Duke University

Dean of Faculty and Vice-President
for Academic Affairs

Albert Howard Carter

Ph.B., M.A., Ph.D., University of Chicago

Chairman, Humanities Division;

Professor of English and Humanities
Guy Owen Baker

B.M., Westminster Choir College; M.M.,

Indiana University

Assistant Professor of Music and Choral Director
John W. Dixon, Jr.

A.B., Emory and Henry College; Ph.D.,

University of Chicago

Associate Professor of Art
Everett H. Emerson

A.B., Harvard University; M.A.,

Duke University;

Ph.D., Louisiana State University

Associate Professor of Literature
Robert Hall

A.B., Wofford College; M.A.,

University of North Carolina

Instructor in French
E. Ashby Johnson

A.B., Presbyterian College, South Carolina;

B.D., Th. M., Th. D., Union Theological

Seminary, Virginia

Professor of Religion; Director of Western

Civilization and its Christian Heritage
Kenneth E. Keeton

A.B., Georgetown College, Kentucky; M.A.,

University of Kentucky; Ph.D.,

University of North Carolina

Assistant Professor of Gernian
John Satterfield

A.B., M.M., M. A. .University of North Carolina

Associate Professor of Music
Julia Florence Sherbourne

A.B., Taylor University; M.A.,

University of Michigan

Assistant Professor of English and Reading

Pedro Trakas

A.B., Wofford College; M.A.,

University of Mexico;

Ph.D., Harvard University

Professor of Spanish
Frederick R. White

A.B., M.A., Oberhn College; Ph.D.,

University of Michigan

Professor of Classical and Comparative

Literature

History and the Social Sciences
Division

John M. Sevan

A.B., Franklin and Marshall; M.A., Ph.D.,

Duke University

Professor of Psychology
Clark Bouwman

B.A., Hillsdale College; B.S., Western Michigan

University; M.A., Ph.D., New School

for Social Research

Associate Professor in Sociology
Bettye Rae Crane

B.S., Alabama Polytechnic Institute; M.A.,

University of Alabama

Instructor in Physical Education
Merle Doran

B.A., M.A., Florida State University

Instructor in Library Science
William F. Harrison, Jr.

B.S., Emory University; M.A.,

George Peabody College

Instructor in Library Science
Stewart Smith

A.B., Presbyterian College; B.S.,

George Peabody College;

M.S., University of Illinois

Assistant Professor in Library Science
J. Thomas West

B.S., Davidson College; M.A.,

University of North Carolina;

Ph.D., Vanderbilt University

Assistant Professor of Psychology
William C. Wilbur

A.B., Washington and Lee; Ph.D.,

Columbia University

Associate Professor of History
Billy O. Wireman

A.B., Georgetown University; M.A.,

University of Kentucky;

Ed.D., George Peabody College

Assistant Professor of Physical Education

Mathematics and the Natural Sciences

Irving Gordon Foster

B.S. in E.E., Virginia Military Institute; Ph.M.,

University of Wisconsin; Ph.D.,

University of Virginia

Chairman of Mathematics and Natural Sciences

Division; Professor of Physics

Dennis E. Anderson

B.A., Iowa State Teachers College; M.S., Ph.D.,

Iowa State University

Instructor in Biology
Joe B. Davis

B.S., Western Carolina College

Laboratory Assistant
Robert Meacham

A.B., Southwestern at Memphis; Sc.M., Ph.D.,

Brown University

Professor of Mathematics
George K. Reid

B.S., Presbyterian College, South Carolina;

M.S., Ph.D., University of Florida

Professor of Biology
Dexter Squibb

B.S., East Tennessee State College;

Ph.D., University of Florida

Assistant Professor of Chemistry
Jack C. Wilson

B.A., Iowa State Teachers College; M.S.,

State University of Iowa;

Ph.D., Case Institute of Technology

Assistant Professor of Mathematics

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Many a permanently located college would
envy the facilities of Florida Presbyterian Col-
lege's interim campus. Situated within walking
distance of downtown St. Petersburg, this
ten-and-a-half acre site houses modern, air-
conditioned buildings completely renovated for
classroom space, dormitories, offices, labora-
tories, library, cafeteria, auditorium, swimming
pool, and athletic facilities. Within walking dis-
tance too is famous Al Lang Field, winter home
of the St. Louis Cardinals, and scene of many
spring training exhibition games. Nearby is the
nationally-known Municipal Pier, with its
museums, beaches and other recreational facili-
ties, and well-known restaurants. Across the
street from the campus entrance is Albert
Whitted Airport. Classrooms, dormitory rooms,
and offices look out on fascinating Tampa Bay.
This is one of the truly attractive campuses of
Florida.

Beautiful, historic Boca Ciega Bay is the site of Florida
Presbyterian College's permanent campus. Here, on two hundred
and sixty acres, with a shoreline of a mile and a quarter, is a
campus destined to become one of the showplaces of America.
Ground will be broken for the first building this school year,
and plans are to move to the permanent campus in the fall of
1962. Hailed as a landmark in American college campus plan-
ning, the twelve-and-a-half-million-dollar campus will feature
architecturally striking and functional buildings constructed
for congenial living and learning in a congenial climate. Exotic
tropical plants and trees, native to this area, will cover the
campus, and sandy beaches will border it on the campus bayside.
Visitors will recognize first the carillon tower of the chapel,
tallest building on the campus and central to our philosophy of
education. Adjacent to it is the William Luther Cobb Library
and the student union; all three are located around a lake in
the heart of the campus. Just south of the college is one of the
engineering marvels of the twentieth century, the graceful
Sunshine Skyway spanning Tampa Bay.

Architects for this unique campus are Perkins and Will of
Chicago; Council, Pierce, Garland, and Friedman of Miami;
and land and campus planner Jefferson Hamilton of the
University of Florida.

The Founding Freshman Class at Florida Presbyterian College has had an unusual oppor-
tunity this year granted to very few:

They will begin the traditions and customs which will become a part of the campus life.

They will form and become members of the first clubs and societies on this campus.

They will choose (and perhaps compose) the first school sons.

They will select the school colors, motto, mascot, and insignia.

They will help select the official college seal.

They will name and publish the first college newspaper and yearbook.
In these and many other ways, this first class will make its permanent mark on our
institution.

Education at Florida Presbyterian College has been designed to be both a complete entity
in itself and a starting point for a continuing search for truth.

By its nature, it will prove an excellent training base for those who wish to pursue
advanced academic training in a specialized field. We expect a substantial number of our
graduates to go on to some advanced study — in education, medicine, law, the ministry, the
sciences, the humanities, engineering, the social sciences, and other fields.

To assist those students in obtaining permanent positions after graduation, we shall have
a placement office to arrange visits for companies and agencies seeking personal interviews
with our students. In addition, the Placement Office will undertake special activities to assist
those graduates who seek opportunities in teaching.

A continuing program of alumni participation is to be established, and close contact
with alumni is planned through various publications, personal visits, seminars, class reunions,
a continuing study program, and other means.

This institution will endeavor to continue, as it did during the undergraduate years, to
serve as a great stimulus to the men and women who came to it seeking a Christian edu-
cation of high quality and who have left as mature, responsible people capable of leadership.

ST. PETERSBURG, SITE FOR FLORIDA PRESBYTERIAN
COLLEGE, has been known for many years as the "Sunshine City."
It is located in the center of a world-famous resort and recreation
area. The essential requirements relating to the general characteristics
of St. Petersburg, its spiritual and cultural environment, its outstand-
ing community interest in this new four-year, liberal-arts college,
and its fulfillment of the vital requirement of an outstanding physical
site for Florida Presbyterian College, all contributed to the location
of the College.

There are few cities of America with a better church life than
St. Petersburg. For decades this community has been known for its
many outstanding churches, its crowded sanctuaries, and spiritual
atmosphere. Today there are more than 75 churches in St. Petersburg.

Proof of the tremendous community and county interests in
Florida Presbyterian College has best been evidenced by the Estab-
lishment Campaign conducted among the residents of Pinellas County
in 1959, during which more than $2,700,000 was raised or pledged
to help found this institution. During the decade of the fifties,
Pinellas County slightly more than doubled its population, and the
spiraling upward growth of business, industry, and recreational
facilities has kept pace. St. Petersburg boasts one of the finest climates
in the world, with normal temperature averaging 7L6 degrees each
year. St. Petersburg is served by a network of modern highways. It
is the terminal of the U. S. government's Interstate Highway program
on the west coast of Florida. The county is served through the modern
St. Petersburg-Clearwater International Airport and by both the
Atlantic Coastline and Seaboard Airline railroads.

Just as the educational, cultural, and spiritual environment of
Florida Presbyterian College has brought and will continue to bring
tremendous benefits to St. Petersburg, so this great American city
and the surrounding Suncoast area bring important natural benefits
to the College and its family of students and faculty.

September 1-4 Orientation Period. Incoming freshmen should arrive on
campus before 12:00 noon on Friday, September 1.

September 5 First day of classes

September 21 Meeting of the Board of Trustees

November 22 Thanksgiving Recess commences

November 27 Thanksgiving Recess ends

December 16 First Semester ends and Christmas Recess commences

December 21 Meeting of the Board of Trustees

January 2 Mid-Winter Term commences

January 3 1 Mid-Winter Term ends

February 1 Second Semester commences

March 1 5 Meeting of the Board of Trustees

March 3 1 Spring Recess commences

April 9 Spring Recess ends

May 3 1 Second Semester ends

Introduction

The number of each course conveys the following information:

Courses numbered 100 to 199 are primarily for freshmen, 200 to 299
for sophomores, 300 to 399 for juniors and seniors, and 400 to 499 for
seniors. Courses offered only in alternate years are indicated by "a"
(for school years beginning in even -numbered years) and "b" (for
school years in odd-numbered years). In general, an odd number
indicates that the course is given in the first semester; an even number
indicates that the course is given in the second semester.

Before students enroll in any course they are to seek the advice of their
faculty advisers. Near the close of the school year each freshman is expected
to prepare a tentative course program for the remaining three years of college
and to present it to his adviser for critical evaluation and counsel. At the end
of the second year of study each student must submit for approval to the Com-
mittee on Academic Review his projected program. A student may revise his
program at any time thereafter with the approval of a major professor.

Most of the courses are listed according to academic divisions and academic
disciplines or fields of study within each division. Listed separately are the
interdisciplinary courses; i.e., those taught jointly by members of several fields
or areas of knowledge. Courses are conducted typically in tloree lecture-discussion
periods per week supplemented by other periods, studios, or laboratories.

Course descriptions are not given for the Junior General Seminars and
Senior Advanced Seminars because a professor is free to vary his offerings each
year according to student interest and his own study and research. Students
receiving the endorsement of the professors in their major field may take the
equivalent of two courses each semester during their senior year in a program
of guided independent research in lieu of the senior seminar.

Interdisciplinary Courses

101, 102 WESTERN CIVILIZATION AND ITS CHRISTIAN HERITAGE

201 202

' The basic objective is to develop within the college community a

critical understanding of some of the major attempts of man to interpret
his experience through the analytic and historical study of works and
institutions. Throughout, the concern is with the relevance of the
Judeo-Christian tradition and of the redemptive message of the Bible
in human inquiry. The course thus forms the basis for the total educa-
tional process at Florida Presbyterian College. Students participate in
large and small groups: four lectures and two hour-and-a-half discus-
sions during the first year, and three lectures and one two - hour
discussion during the second.

211, 212a CIVILIZATIONS OF ASIA

Asian works and institutions studied analytically and historically.
Three lectures and a two-hour discussion period per week.

311, 312b THE SEARCH FOR AND JUDGMENT

OF VALUES IN THE ARTS

The analysis and appraisal of human values expressed in literature,
painting, sculpture, architecture, music, philosophy, religion, and the
theatre.

401, 402 CHRISTIAN FAITH AND GREAT ISSUES

A study of the relevance of Christian faith to current community
and world issues. One lecture and a two-hour discussion period per week.

The Division of Humanities
Art

Requirements for a Major: (a) Art 201, 202, and six other courses
in art; (b) supporting work in other areas of the humanities, history,
sociology, psychology, and, in some cases, studio work and mathematics.

201, 202 THE LANGUAGE OF THE VISUAL ARTS

Through a correlated series of both written analyses and exercises
executed in the materials of the artist, a student investigates the elements
of two- and three-dimensional design and the function of subject matter
and of the natural world in the creation of artistic forms. Intended to
supply a foundation in the language of art for future work in history
and criticism and in studio work conceived as a liberal art.

25 i, lU STUDIO (to be defined)

301, 302 HISTORY OF ART

331, 332 JUNIOR SEMINAR

351, 352 STUDIO (to be defined)

401, 402 STUDIES IN ART

Typical subjects: Classical, medieval, Northern Renaissance, Italian
Renaissance, Baroque, modern architecture, modern painting.

431, 432 SENIOR SEMINAR

Studies in individual artists, movements, genres, media, countries.

422a ART OE THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH

The relation between art and worship, art as a manifestation of
theological attitudes, and art as a critique of the church.

451, 452 STUDIO (to be defined)

Languages and Literature

Requirements for a Major: Students may major in (1) a single
language (e.g., French, German, English) with supporting work in
another language or other languages or in General Literature, or (2)
General Literature with advanced work in one or more foreign language
or in English and American Literature. The junior and senior courses
(301, 302, and 401, 402, or 411, 412) are required for a major.

Foreign Languages

FRENCH, CHINESE (projected), GERMAN, GREEK, ITALIAN
(projected) , LATIN, RUSSIAN, SPANISH

Instruction in foreign language consists in classroom and laboratory
work. Elementary and intermediate courses train in grammar, vocabu-
lary, pronunciation, composition, and reading. The progression is from
aural comprehension to oral expression to reading to writing. Courses
101 through 301 deal with all these elements in order of increasing
difficulty. Proficiency in reading and writing and (in modern lan-
guages) in conversation — not the completion of a program of studies
— is the measure of accomplishment and admission to advanced studies.
The third-year language course (301) is designed particularly for
future teachers; the third-year history of literature requires a reading
knowledge of the language and in appropriate cases the ability to con-
verse. The Readings course (401, 402) and the Senior Seminar (411,

412) are designed each semester to meet students' needs and proficiencies.
They may deal with authors, genres, movements, or works. They are
open in appropriate cases to nonmajors wishing to read the Uterature
in translation.

101, 102 ELEMENTARY

201, 202 INTERMEDIATE

301 ADVANCED

302 HISTORY OF LITERATURE

401, 402 READINGS

Typical subjects: French: Racine, Flaubert, the novel, essays,
romanticism, enlightenment, A la recherche du temps perdu. La com-
edie humaine.

German: Goethe, Heine, lyric poetry, modern drama, expressionism,
Mann's Joseph cycle.

Greek: Xenephon, Homer, tragedy, New Testament.

Latin: Cicero, comedy, silver age, Aeneid.

Spanish: Cervantes, golden-age drama, Cid.

411, 412 SENIOR SEMINAR

English Language and Literature

101, 102 ENGLISH GRAMMAR AND SENTENCE STRUCTURE

For Freshmen who demonstrate inadequate proficiency in written
English.

Ill, 112 READING WORKSHOP

For any students needing or desiring to improve their reading
abilities.

301, 302 HISTORY OF LITERATURE

401, 402 READINGS IN ENGLISH AND AMERICAN LITERATURE

Designed each semester to meet students' needs. May be authors,
genres, movements, works.

431, 432 SENIOR SEMINAR

General Literature

Reading in General Literature is in the English language or in a
foreign language in which the student has demonstrated proficiency.

201, 202 WORLD MASTERPIECES

Works in English selected from a group of literary masterpieces
of many countries, genres, and periods.

301 LITERARY CRITICISM

The literature, vocabulary, and practice of literary analysis and
evaluation.

302 LITERARY MOVEMENTS

The study of literature illuminating and illuminated by its his-
torical classification.

321 CREATIVE WRITING

The writing of fiction, vocabulary, drama, verse, persuasion,
exposition.

331, 332 JUNIOR SEMINAR

The subjects of Junior Seminars may be authors, genres, move-
ments, works. Readings will be in the English language or in a foreign
language in which the student has demonstrated proficiency.

401, 402 READINGS

Typical Subjects: Shakespeare, Sophocles, Dante, Balzac, Schiller,
Lorca, Melville, Tagore, No plays, Persian lyrics, Chinese philosophers,
the Koran, the Mahabharata.

431, 432 SENIOR SEMINAR

Music

Requirements for a Major: Music 101, 102, 201, 202, and six
additional courses; applied music and participation in an ensemble.

101, 102 THEORY OF TONAL HARMONY

Analysis and composition in small homophonic forms. Instruction
in harmony, notation, dictation, sight-singing, ear-training, and key-
board harmony.

201, 202 ADVANCED THEORY OF TONAL HARMONY

Analysis and composition in more complex homophonic forms.
Prerequisite: Music 102.

301 THEORY OF MODAL COUNTERPOINT

Analysis and composition in the style of Palestrina. Prerequisite:
Music 202.

302 THEORY OF TONAL COUNTERPOINT

Analysis and composition in the style of Bach. Prerequisite: Music
202. May be taken prior to Music 301 with permission of the instructor.

311, 312 SURVEY OF MUSIC

Music literature in its relation to general cultural history. Designed
for students majoring in fields other than music.

331, 332 JUNIOR SEMINAR

401 ORCHESTRATION AND CONDUCTING

Practical work in the writing of scores and in baton and rehearsal
techniques. Prerequisite: Music 301, 302, or permission of the instructor.

402 ADVANCED FORM, ANALYSIS AND COMPOSITION

Seminar in the study and making of larger homophonic and
polyphonic forms. Prerequisite: Music 301, 302.

431, 432 SENIOR SEMINAR

Studies in history of musical styles. Prerequisite: Music 301, 302.

Applied Music

Individual instruction is offered in Voice, Organ, Piano, "Wind,
Brass, and String Instruments. Freshmen and sophomores receive credit
of one hour for a semester of individually instructed applied music,
upperclassmen two hours. A music major must earn twelve hours.

Freshmen and sophomores earn an hour for a year of ensemble
participation, upperclassmen two. A music major must participate in
an ensemble during each semester of residence and earn for graduation
a minimum of six hours.

Philosophy

Requirements for a Major: Philosophy 201, 202, 301, 302, 401,
402, 421 or 422, and one other course.

201 ETHICS

Main types of ethical theory and their implications for contempor-
ary problems of personal and social morality.

202 LOGIC

A study of the elements of inductive and deductive logical systems
with an introduction to symbolic logic and the scientific method.

301 ANCIENT AND MEDIEVAL PHILOSOPHY

Study from primary sources of philosophy from pre-Socratic
through late medieval.

302 MODERN PHILOSOPHY

Study from primary sources of the development of modern phi-
losophy from the Renaissance through the nineteenth century.

311b EPISTEMOLOGY

A critical examination of the methods of inquiry.

312b METAPHYSICS

A critical examination of selected metaphysical systems.

331, 332 JUNIOR SEMINAR

401a CONTEMPORARY PHILOSOPHICAL MOVEMENTS

A study of such major philosophical movements of the twentieth
century as pragmatism, existentialism, process philosophy, philosophical
analysis, with emphasis on their treatment of crucial modern problems.

402a PHILOSOPHY OF RELIGION

A critical inquiry into religious concepts and practices, especially
Christianity.

421b SOCIAL PHILOSOPHY

A study of major social and political systems, especially contem-
porary problems.

422a AESTHETICS

A study of theories of beauty and of art forms.

431, 432 SENIOR SEMINAR

Religion

Requirements for a Major: (a) Religion 201, 202, 301, (b) Phil-
osophy 201, 202, and two additional courses in Religion.

201 INTRODUCTION TO THE OLD TESTAMENT

Development of the faith of Israel as seen in the religion and
literature of the Old Testament.

202 INTRODUCTION TO THE NEW TESTAMENT

Development of the Christian faith as seen in the religion and
literature of the New Testament. Emphasis on the Hfe and teachings
of Jesus.

301, 302 ESSENTIALS OF CHRISTIAN THOUGHT

A study of Christian thought in the works of representative leaders.
First semester: from Paul through the Middle Ages. Second semester:
from the Reformation to the present.

331, 332 JUNIOR SEMINAR

401 CHRISTIAN ETHICS

A study of the Biblical foundations of Christian ethics and the
implications of Christian commitment in contemporary personal and
social life.

402 WORLD'S LIVING RELIGIONS

A critical study of the major religions of the contemporary world.

431, 432 SENIOR SEMINAR

Speech

201 PRINCIPLES OF VOICE, DICTION, AND ORATORY

301 PRINCIPLES OF THE THEATRE

The Division of History and the Social Sciences

History

Requirements for a Major: (a) History 311 and seven additional
courses; (b) Civilizations of Asia.

201, 202 HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES

The development of American society in government, economic
life, and culture.

211, 212 HISTORY OF ENGLAND AND MODERN BRITAIN

The first semester treats the history of the English people to 1688.
The second semester traces the development of a modern industrial
society and its imperial expansion.

221a ANCIENT HISTORY

The ancient world from prehistoric times to the decline of the
Roman Empire.

301a MEDIEVAL HISTORY

The history of Western Europe from the decline of the Roman
Empire through the thirteenth century.

302a RENAISSANCE AND REFORMATION

The history of Western Europe from the fourteenth through the
sixteenth century.

311 INTRODUCTION TO HISTORIOGRAPHY

AND HISTORICAL METHOD

An introduction to the techniques of historical research and writing,
the use of sources, and the examination of selected classics of historical
interpretation.

321b HISTORY OF MODERN RUSSIA

Russia from the accession of Peter the Great to the present, with
emphasis on the period since the 1917 revolution.

322 b HISTORY OF MODERN LATIN AMERICA

Latin-American republics from their independence to the present.

331, 332 JUNIOR SEMINAR

342a HISTORY OF AMERICAN FOREIGN POLICY

American foreign policy considered as part of the larger problem
of American participation in world affairs.

401 EUROPE FROM THE FRENCH REVOLUTION

TO WORLD WAR I

The French Revolution, the Industrial Revolution, political and
social movements of the nineteenth century, and the background of
World War I.

411b, 412b AMERICAN SOCIAL HISTORY

Selected topics in American social history from the colonial period
to the present.

431, 432 SENIOR SEMINAR

Economics and Business Administration

Requirements for a Major: a) eight courses including Economics
201, 202, 301, 302; (b) Mathematics 211. Students wishing to empha-
size Business rather than Economics will substitute Economics 311 and
312 for Economics 301, 302.

201, 202 PRINCIPLES OF ECONOMICS

An introductory course in the principles of economics and their
application to modern economic life.

302 HISTORY OF ECONOMIC THOUGHT

Development of economic thought, from the Mercantilists to the
modern period: Smith, Ricardo, Mill, Marx, Veblen, Keynes, Marshall,
and other significant theorists.

302 ECONOMIC THEORY

An advanced and intensive study and application of the principles
of economics.

311 PRINCIPLES OF ACCOUNTING

Intended to provide a general knowledge of accounting practices.
The theory and construction of financial statements. Laboratory train-
ing.

312 INTRODUCTION TO BUSINESS

Designed to give the student general knowledge of the various
activities of a business, such as production and marketing.

321a MONEY AND BANKING

A study of the fundamental principles of money, credit, and
banking in the United States.

322a LABOR ECONOMICS

A study of the development, structure, goals, and policies of labor
organizations; major issues in labor-management relations; and public
policy toward labor unions.

331, 332 JUNIOR SEMINAR

351b COMPARATIVE ECONOMIC SYSTEMS

A study of the significant similarities and differences in the devel-
opment, processes, and policies of Capitalism, Fascism, Socialism, and
Communism.

352b INTERNATIONAL ECONOMICS

A study of the basic principles and problems of international
economics, particularly the international economic poHcy of the United
States.

401a GOVERNMENT FINANCE

A study of the sources of public revenues, federal, state, and local;
nature and purposes of public expenditures; and the creation and
management of the public debt.

402a CORPORATE ORGANIZATION AND FINANCE

A study of the problems involved in the formation and financial
management of corporate business enterprise.

411b GOVERNMENT AND BUSINESS

A study of the role of the government in economic life; emphasis
on the regulation of competition and monopoly and of public utilities.

412 ECONOMIC HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES

A study of the growth of agricuhure, industry, banking, trade,
and labor organizations in the United States.

431, 432 SENIOR SEMINAR

Education

Students considering a teaching career in secondary schools should
seek counsel on their course program early in their college training. In
this way their course schedules can be planned to meet certification
requirements.

201 HISTORY AND PHILOSOPHY OF EDUCATION

The development of the public-school system and contemporary
issues and historical philosophies of education; the role of the school in
a democratic society.

202 EDUCATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY

The application of psychological principles to the work of the
school. Learning, motivation, forgetting, transfer of training, and per-
sonality adjustment.

301 PRINCIPLES OF SECONDARY EDUCATION

Aims and organization.

302 MATEEJALS AND METHODS IN SECONDARY EDUCATION

A survey and critical analysis of the methods used in secondary
education. Methods and materials used in the specific subject for which
certification is requested.

311 CHILD PSYCHOLOGY (See Psychology)

312 PSYCHOLOGICAL MEASUREMENT (See Psychology)
321 SECONDARY -SCHOOL CURRICULUM

The purpose, philosophy, structures, and procedure developed as
a unified whole.

401 ORGANIZATION OF LIBRARY MATERIALS

Instruction in the fundamental principles of the organization of
small libraries; procedures for acquisition, preparation, classification,
and cataloguing.

402 REFERENCE AND BIBLIOGRAPHY

A study of general reference books and reference materials in
specific subject fields suitable for school and community use. Evaluation,
selection, and uses.

412 READING METHOD

Instruction and practice in ways of improving reading ability,
particularly of liigh-school students.

421, 422 STUDENT TEACHING

Observation and teaching activities in high schools in the vicinity
of the college.

Government

Requirements for a Major: Government 201, 202, 211, 301 or
302, 311 or 312, and four additional courses.

201 PRINCIPLES OF GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS

Introduction to political science, including scope and methods of
the discipline; purposes and nature of the state; organization, forms,
and function of government; competition for governmental power;
politics among nations; and somie of the great issues of politics and
government.

202 AMERICAN NATIONAL GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS

Theory and practice of modern democracy through analysis of the
constitutional foundations, patterns of politics, and the structure and
functioning of the American national government.

211 INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS

Forces and forms of politics among nations. The modern state
system, nationalism, internationalism, imperialism, foreign policies, war
and cold war. Balance of power, morality, organization, and law as
restraints on the power struggle. Problems of world stability and peace-
ful change today.

212 AMERICAN STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT

Constitutional structures and principles, organizational forms, the
politics of control, functions and problems. State and municipal govern-
ments and intergovernmental relations.

301a COMPARATIVE GOVERNMENTAL SYSTEMS

A comparison of various governments, notably Great Britain and
the Commonwealth nations, West Germany, France, and the United
States.

302a COMPARATIVE GOVERNMENTAL SYSTEMS

The Soviet Union and Far Eastern nations.
311b WESTERN POLITICAL THOUGHT

The great thinkers and important philosophical movements of the
"Western political heritage (Plato, Aristotle, Stoic and Roman legal
theory, and Christian thought).

312b WESTERN POLITICAL THOUGHT

From Machiavelli to the twentieth century, emphasizing modern
democratic and totaUtarian theories.

331, 332 JUNIOR SEMINAR

401a AMERICAN FOREIGN POLICY

Formulation and execution of American foreign poUcy. Analysis
of substantive issues in recent and contemporary policies.

411b INTRODUCTION TO THE LAW

Nature of law and its functions in society. The rule of law. Types
of law and legal systems. Problems of legal philosophy. American con-
stitutional law, with some experience in case method.

412b POLITICS AND POLICY FORMATION

Forces, institutions, and processes in the competition for power
and policy, with special reference to the United States. Public opinion,
propaganda, political behavior, interest groups, leadership, and particu-
larly political parties and the legislative process.

431, 432 SENIOR SEMINAR

Physical Education

A two-year program of physical education is required of all stu-
dents. Everyone is expected to demonstrate proficiency in swimming
some time during the first semester of the first year. The two-year
course includes one hour of lecture-discussion and two hours of demon-
stration-participation each week. The fourth semester completes the
program. No student is excused from the program; when circumstances
prevent participation in the regular program, an appropriate set of
activities will be arranged for individual needs.

101, 102 PHYSICAL EDUCATION

The history and philosophy of physical education, personal hygiene,
and the rules and skills of football (men), soccer (women), basketball,
volleyball, track and field, gymnastics, swimming.

201, 202 PHYSICAL EDUCATION

Primarily co-educational. Individual and dual sports which students
can engage in throughout their lives: tennis, golf, bowling, badminton,
archery, horseshoes, table tennis, boating, shuffleboard, water skiing.
The objective is to develop in the student an attitude toward leisure
and skill so that he can select, participate in, and enjoy the activity
most appropriate to his needs and interests.

Psychology

Requirements for a Major: (a) Psychology 201, 202, and six
additional courses; (b) Mathematics 211. Psychology 201 is prerequisite
to all other courses except 321 and 322.

201 PRINCIPLES OF BEHAVIOR

Major concepts, methods, and problems involved in the study of
human behavior.

202 PRINCIPLES OF INDIVIDUAL BEHAVIOR

Emphasis on the processes which contribute to personality.
301a BEHAVIOR DISORDERS

Origins, classifications, care and treatment of the common behav-
ioral disorders.

302a SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY

The influence of social variables on the behavior of the individual;
social perception, language, attitudes, propaganda; social problems.

311h CHILD PSYCHOLOGY

Basic psychological principles in the study of the child from birth
to puberty.

312b PSYCHOLOGICAL MEASUREMENT

The construction, administration, and interpretation of group and
individual tests of intelligence, personality, interests, and achievement.
Laboratory training.

321 EXPERIMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY

Scientific methodology, design and critical evaluation of classical
and contemporary research, particularly the discriminal processes and
perception. Individual research.

322 EXPERIMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY

Critical evaluation of research in motivation and learning; crucial
experiments and controversial issues; individual research. Prerequisite:
Mathematics 211.

331,332 JUNIOR SEMINAR

401a PERSONALITY THEORY

Theories of personality examined in the light of recent research.

402a BUSINESS AND INDUSTRIAL PSYCHOLOGY

Psychological procedures in employment selection, training, effi-
ciency, and human relations.

41 Ih SYSTEMS OF PSYCHOLOGY

Integrative theories, including Structuralism, Functionalism, Be-
haviorism, Hormic Psychology, Gestalt Psychology, and Psychoanalysis.

412 PHYSIOLOGICAL PSYCHOLOGY

Physiological correlates of behavior. Special emphasis on the nervous
system.

431, 432 SENIOR SEMINAR

Sociology and Anthropology

Requirements for a Major: (a) Sociology 201, 202, 401, and five
additional courses; (b) Mathematics 211.

201 CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY

An understanding of culture developed in relation to preliterate
societies and an introduction to physical anthropology and archeology.

202 PRINCIPLES OF SOCIOLOGY

The study and application of major sociological concepts, social
processes, institutions, structure, and group relations.

301 THE FAMILY

Examination of the origins of family institutions and contemporary
processes in the formation of the family, its functions, and organization.

302 SOCIAL WORK

A survey of the fields and methods of social work.

311a MINORITIES

Problems associated with identification of minority groups — racial,
religious, ethnic.

312a CRIMINOLOGY

The nature, causes, prevention of crime and the treatment of
criminals.

331, 332 JUNIOR SEMINAR

401 SOCIAL THEORY

Systematic analysis of major contributions to the field of social
thought since Comte.

402 THE COMMUNITY

The folk society contrasted with contemporary rural and urban
life. An introduction to human ecology and demography.

411, 412 SENIOR SEMINAR

The Division of Mathematics and the Natural Sciences

Mathematics

Requirements for a Major: Mathematics 202 (the calculus sequence)
and eight additional courses.

101 FINITE MATHEMATICS

Logic, truth tables, sets and relations, number systems and counting,
probability theory, vectors and matrices. Offered both semesters.

111 PRINCIPLES OF MATHEMATICS I

Logic, ordered fields, sets. Boolean algebra, algebraic and trigono-
metric functions. Required of students who have not had trigonometry.

112 PRINCIPLES OF MATHEMATICS II

Exponential and logarithmic functions, analytic geometry, and
calculus. Prerequisite: Mathematics 101 or 111.

200 CALCULUS WITH ANALYTIC GEOMETRY I

Plane analytic geometry integrated with calculus of polynomials.
Prerequisite: Mathematics 101 or 111.

201 CALCULUS WITH ANALYTIC GEOMETRY II

Differentiation of transcendental functions, formal integration,
applications. Prerequisite: Mathematics 200.

202 CALCULUS WITH ANALYTIC GEOMETRY III

Infinite series, solid analytic geometry, calculus of functions of
several variables. Prerequisite: Mathematics 201.

211 INTRODUCTION TO STATISTICS

Frequency and probability distributions, central tendencies, cor-
relation, least-squares approximations, statistical inference. Laboratory
training. Prerequisite: Mathematics 112 or 200.

301 ORDINARY DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS

Prerequisite: Mathematics 202.

302 PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS

Prerequisite: Mathematics 301.
311a MODERN ALGEBRA I

Topics from groups, rings, fields, vector spaces, matrices. Pre-
requisite: Mathematics 202 or consent.

312a MODERN ALGEBRA II

Continuation of Mathematics 311. Prerequisite: Mathematics 311.

331, 332 JUNIOR SEMINAR

401b ADYANCED CALCULUS I

Topics from advanced calculus and functions of a real variable.
Prerequisite: Mathematics 202.

402b ADVANCED CALCULUS II

Continuation of Mathematics 401. Prerequisite: Mathematics 401.

431, 432 SENIOR SEMINAR

Biology

Requirements for a Major: (a) Biology 101, 102, and eight addi-
tional courses in Biology, depending upon the interest of the student;
(b) Chemistry 301, 302, and (c) Physics 201, 202.

101, 102 GENERAL BIOLOGY

Provides an understanding of and appreciation for biological mech-
anisms and principles through critical analysis of life processes and
synthesis of basic facts and concepts. The nature of living matter, the
cell and protoplasm, metabolism, reproduction, development, inheritance,
the organism and its environment, and evolution. Lecture-discussion
3 hours; laboratory 3 hours.

201 COMPARATIVE VERTEBRATE ANATOMY

A comparative study of the structure and evolutionary develop-
ment of the organs and systems of selected representatives of the phylum
Chordata. Morphological features in relation to classification, mode of
life, and adaptation to the environment. Laboratory work on selected
animals. Lecture-discussion 3 hours; laboratory 3 hours. Prerequisite:
Biology 101, 102.

202 VERTEBRATE EMBRYOLOGY

The study of the development of the vertebrate body from single-
celled egg to hatching or birth. The formation of organ-systems and
the experimental approach to animal development. Lecture-discussion
3 hours; laboratory 3 hours. Prerequisite: Biology 201.

211, 212 THE PLANT KINGDOM

A survey of the plant kingdom with emphasis on structure, repro-
duction, and evolution of representative types of all major groups of
plants. Laboratory includes field collections and detailed study of
selected specimens. Lecture-discussion 3 hours; laboratory 3 hours. Pre-
requisite: Biology 101, 102.

301 ORGANIC EVOLUTION

Current theories of the origin of life, the phylogenetic relationships
of living organisms. Darwinian and neo-Darwinian concepts of evolu-

tionary mechanisms. Genetics and isolation, and the relationship of
human culture, and the impact of Darwinism. Discussion 3 hours. Pre-
requisite: Biology 101, 102.

302 FIELD BOTANY

A study of the distribution and identification of plants in the St.
Petersburg area, especially the taxonomy, biogeography, and evolution
of flowering plants. Laboratory and field trips. Lecture-discussion 2
hours; laboratory 3 hours. Prerequisite: Biology 101, 102.

311 GENETICS

Fundamental principles and mechanisms of inheritance. Lecture-
discussion 2 hours; laboratory 3 hours. Prerequsite: Biology 101, 102,
and Mathematics 101, or consent of instructor.

312 ECOLOGY

Physical, chemical, and biological interrelationships in a natural
community. Environmental factors, populations, the community con-
cept, traffic in energy and biogeochemical cycles, and social organiza-
tions of animal groups. Field work essentially aquatic, in nearby fresh-
water lakes and Gulf bays. Lecture-discussion 3 hours; laboratory 3
hours. Prerequisite: Biology 101, 102.

331, 332 JUNIOR SEMINAR

401 PHYSIOLOGY

The functional relationships of the animal body. Cellular metabo-
lism and the physics and chemistry of organic substances. Lecture-
discussion 3 hours; laboratory 3 hours. Prerequisite: Biology 101, 102,
Chemistry 101, 102, and Physics 201, 202.

402b HISTOLOGY AND MICROTECHNIQUES

The microscopic nature of cells and tissues of organisms particularly
plant structures. Critical study of prepared slides, staining technique,
slide preparation, and advanced use of the microscope. Lecture-discussion
3 hours; laboratory 3 hours. Prerequisite: Biology 101, 102.

431, 432 SENIOR SEMINAR

Chemistry

Requirements for a Major: (a) Chemistry 101, 102, 201, 202,
301, 302, 401, 402, and four additional chemistry courses; (b) Physics
201, 202; (c) Mathematics 202. German is recommended to fulfill the
language requirement and Physics 301, 302 as one elective.

101, 102 MODERN GENERAL CHEMISTRY

The basic principles of chemistry and recent developments. Struc-
tures of chemical species, particularly the relationships of these structures
to the physical and chemical properties of substances; the descriptive
chemistry of familiar elements and inorganic compounds and an intro-
duction to ionic separations and the detection of selected ions. Lecture
3 hours; laboratory 3 hours.

201, 202b ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY

Chemical equiUbria, methods of detection, identification, and
separation of ions, complex formation, stoichiometry, volumetric and
gravimetric techniques, statistical treatment of errors, selected instru-
mental procedures. Lecture 2 hours; laboratory 6 hours. Prerequisite:
Chemistry 101, 102.

301, 302 ORGANIC CHEMISTRY

Aliphatic and aromatic carbon compounds with emphasis on
methods of synthesis, reaction mechanisms, and structural theory. Lab-
oratory experiments selected to develop skill in fundamental laboratory
techniques and to illustrate the more important synthetic methods of
preparation. Lecture 3 hours; laboratory 3 hours. Prerequisite: Chem-
istry 101, 102.

311h SPECIAL TOPICS IN INORGANIC CHEMISTRY

Lectures and seminars on the periodic classification of the elements
and the correlation of structures and properties of chemical species.
Atomic and molecular structure, chemical bonding, modern acid-base
theory, inorganic nomenclature; coordination complexes, metal car-
bonyls, etc. Laboratory work in inorganic syntheses. Lecture 2 hours;
Prerequisite: Chemistry 101, 102.

312b SPECIAL TOPICS IN ADVANCED ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY

An introduction to such instrumental methods of analysis as elec-
trometric pH measurement, conductometric and electrometric titration,
polarography, colorimetry, and spectrophotometry in theory and lab-
oratory applications. Lecture 1 hour; laboratory 6 hours. Prerequisite:
Chemistry 201, 202.

331, 332 JUNIOR SEMINAR

401, 402 PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY

The principles of theoretical chemistry in the solution of numerical
exercises. Studies of the three states of matter, elementary thermody-
namics, colloids, solutions, homogeneous and heterogeneous equilibria,
reaction kinetics, atomic structure, and electrochemistry. Variety of
physio-chemical apparatus to illustrate theoretical concepts. Lecture 3
hours; laboratory 3 hours. Prerequisite: consent of instructor.

411b SPECIAL TOPICS IN ADVANCED ORGANIC CHEMISTRY

Lectures or seminars concerned with such topics as resonance
theory, reaction-mechanisms, molecular rearrangements, free radicals,
stereoisomerism, etc. The use of the chemical library, research techniques,
and organic syntheses. Lecture 2 hours; laboratory 3 hours. Prerequisite:
Chemistry 301, 302.

421a SPECIAL TOPICS IN QUALITATIVE ORGANIC ANALYSIS

The identification and characterization of organic compounds,
typical reactions used in the synthesis and proof of structure of organic
compounds, and the quahtative detection of various functional groups.
Lecture 1 hour; laboratory 6 hours. Prerequisite: Chemistry 301, 302.

422b SPECIAL TOPICS IN ADVANCED PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY

Lectures or seminars concerned with such topics as thermodynamics,
solutions and phase equilibria, nuclear chemistry, particles and waves,
the structure of matter, chemical statistics, chemical kinetics, surface
chemistry, photochemistry. The use of the chemical library and various
physio-chemical research techniques. Lecture 2 hours; laboratory 3
hours. Prerequisite: Consent of instructor.

431, 432 SENIOR SEMINAR

Physics

Requirements for a Major: (a) Physics 201, 202, 311, 312, 341,
342, 352, 401, 402, 421, 422, 431, 432; (b) Mathematics 201 and 202.
An entering freshman intending to major in Physics wUl take Chemistry
101, 102 the first year. Physics 201, 202, and Mathematics 201 and
202 the sophomore year.

101, 102 INTRODUCTION TO PHYSICAL SCIENCE

A study of the discovery and growth of basic physical theories
from Galileo to the present. The meaning of science and scientific
method. Lecture 3 hours; laboratory 3 hours.

201, 202 ELEMENTARY PHYSICS

The concepts and theories of classical physics on an elementary
level, including topics of mechanics, wave motion, sound, heat, optics,
and electricity and magnetism. Lecture 3 hours; laboratory 3 hours.
Prerequisite: Mathematics 200.

301 ELEMENTARY MODERN PHYSICS

Basic topics of atomic and nuclear physics, generally from a descrip-
tive point of view. Lecture 3 hours; laboratory 3 hours. Prerequisite:
Physics 201, 202.

311 CLASSICAL THEORETICAL MECHANICS

The dynamics of particles, systems of particles and rigid bodies.
Vector methods. Lecture 3 hours. Prerequisite: Physics 201, 202. Lecture
3 hours; Laboratory 3 hours.

312 ^ ELECTRICITY AND MAGNETISM

Principles of magnetism, static and dynamic electricity. Vector
methods. Lecture 3 hours. Prerequisite: Physics 202, 202. Lecture 3
hours; Laboratory 3 hours.

321, 322 ADVANCED LABORATORY AND TECHNIQUES

A series of intermediate-level experiments drawn from classical
physics chosen by each student with the consent of the instructor.
Instruction in such laboratory techniques as machine work, glass blow-
ing, and electronics. Laboratory 6 hours.

331, 332 JUNIOR SEMINAR

341a ASTRONOMY

Descriptive astronomy of the solar system, the galaxy, and the
universe. Lecture 3 hours; Laboratory 3 hours.

342a ELECTRONICS

Theory and application of electronic devices. Lecture 3 hours.
Prerequisite: Physics 201, 202. Lecture 3 hours; Laboratory 3 hours.

401, 402 MODERN PHYSICAL THEORIES

Atomic and nuclear processes and theories. Lecture 3 hours. Pre-
requisite: Physics 341, 342. Lecture 3 hours; Laboratory 3 hours.

411b THERMODYNAMICS

Generalization of the ideas of work, heat, energy. Mathematics of
thermodynamics. Lecture 3 hours. Prerequisite: Physics 201, 202. Lec-
ture 3 hours; Laboratory 3 hours.

412b OPTICS

Geometrical optics and lens aberrations, interference diffraction,
and polarization. Lecture 3 hours. Prerequisite: Physics 201, 202.
Lecture 3 hours; Laboratory 3 hours.

421, 422 ADVANCED LABORATORY

A series of more advanced experiments drawn from atomic and
nuclear physics chosen by each student with the consent of the instruc-
tor. Laboratory 6 hours. Prerequisite: Physics 311, 312. Lecture 3 hours;
Laboratory 3 hours.

431, 432 SENIOR SEMINAR

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